I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ancient aztec codex
When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days. Gary Jennings bangkokcountryday Change image and share on social
I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.' Gary Jennings callcompletecontend Change image and share on social
To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers. Gary Jennings afghanistanbribecamel Change image and share on social
Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Michael Mandelbaum ancientcontestcontrol Change image and share on social
Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone - that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity. Joshua Foer alphabetcapacitycodex share on social
That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing. Les Baxter azteccleverconquer Change image and share on social